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So you're saying cops are held to a higher standard?

Whilst I agree with you in theory. every LE agency I know of requires their officers to qualify with any firearm they carry on or off duty. Some mandate only issued firearms be carried both on and off duty. If you're issued a G19 you can't carry your own G19 even if it's the same spec. There are some agencies requiring officers carrying off duty to carry all or a combination of pepper spray, cuffs, and/or retractable baton in addition to the firearm.

Someone who learned, understood, and could apply all that theory they knew. Certainly not me.

Great video. My algebra teacher in the 9th grade flew P51Ds in a reconnaissance unit in WW2. A few of their guns were replaced with cameras. Their missions were usually flown single aircraft. He said after a while they removed all the guns from the guns from the recon aircraft as they were shooting down more German planes per capita than the fighter units. Years later, I found a book in the library that listed all fighter kills by US aircraft in WW2. Way before the internet. Found my algebra teacher had shot down 2 German planes.

Converging the fire of fighter machine guns at 250 yds was a technique developed by the British IIRC. Can't remember the term they used for this. Very important important when Spitfires and Hurricanes only had 303 machine guns. Another factor looked at was the "weight of fire" of a 2 second burst. Obviously the weight of the rounds delivered in that time depended on what you were shooting. A 20mm beat a 50 cal, a 50 cal beat a 30 cal. We standardized pretty much on the 50. More on that later. IIRC the P47 inboard guns had bigger magazines. Maybe a couple hundred rounds more than the other guns. This waa designed to give the pilot a reserve. If he only saw 2 streams of tracers he knew his other guns were out of ammo. He still had a few hundred rounds for SD on the way home. The only US fighter used in a fighter capacity through WW2 with a 20mm IIRC was the P38. 150 rds for 1 20mm (15 seconds of fire) and 500 rds for each of the 50 cal (30 seconds of fire). This firepower was certainly a consideration why the P38 was used during most of the war along with other factors. Richard Bong, highest ranking US ace with 40 Japanese planes shot down flew these. Bong's record was later matched by McGuire who the AFB US named after. Bong achieved these results although he never really was a fully qualified fighter pilot. He never went to aerial gunnery school and was sent to the Pacific shortly after Pearl Harbor. Read an interview with Bong long ago. He said he achieved his results by closing to 50-100 yds of a Japanese aircraft and giving it a short burst with the 20mm and 50 cal. IIRC, Bong died test flying the X1 the same day the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Yeager later broke the sound barrier in the X1.

Razor blade radios aka foxhole radios were invented by a soldier in Europe. Google it.

I don't think "they" are trying to jam someone up. Some people are informed and others aren't. I'm not sure which is correct.

Jean Shepard was the master of a lost art. He was a storyteller. By the 70s I used to listen to him in the evening. 8pm IIRC. I'd force my date to ride around in my Austin Healey between 8 to 9 to listen to Shep. On another note, when my daughter was in grammar school I helped her I helped her build a crystal radio for a science project. I even made her wind her own coil. She was surprised it worked! Did you ever build a razor blade radio?

Keep in mind many of the fighter planes only carried 400 rds per gun. That gave the pilot only 20-25 seconds of firing time. A 5 second burst would be 20-25% of your ammo.

Very interesting and entertaining.

Most conservative talk shows are AM. I listen regularly to WABC AM.

I always has no problem wearing a tshirt concealing a full size semiautomatic. Discussion came up at work regarding what you carry in hot weather. Most people carried a J frame iwb. I said you could hide a 1911 under a Tshirt. Many said no way. I lifted my tshirt showing I was wearing a 1911 in a owb. Unless you insist on dressing like "Mike the Situation" or are tiny, you should have no problem carrying a full size pistol under a tshirt. I do like the extra length those shirts have. Not that fashionable but practical.

When I waa still on the job I carried a G17 magazine as a reload for my G26. 70% more ammo for just a bit more length which didn't interfere with concealability. I figured if I didn't settle the problem with 11 rds I could use as much ammo in my pistol as possible. Never has a problem using G19,G17, or even the 30+ rd G18 magazine with or without the sleeve.

Oh yes, there were some ammo related issues too. Mostly primer related. Most of these were averted be because I taught my people to examine their ammo they loaded.

I'm a bit surprised about reliability with different ammo in a G19 now. The agency I worked for for transitioned from the 6906 to the G19 in 1998. The G19 weighs about 21 oz and the 6906 about 26. I guess the 5 oz makes a difference limp wristing. After addressing limp wristing issues, overseeing about 200 Glocks for 7 years, each firing about 1000 rds a year between quals and training, I could count the malfunctions encountered on my fingers and toes. All magazine related.

Good point. An apt complex that went down the pooper may account for a lot of the crime. For example I heard a stat that if NYC could get 3000 career criminals off the street permanently as they are responsible for 80% of the crime in NYC. Bragg's, no bail, no prosecution policies may have upped that number.

Google the crime rates in those towns.

Make it 500 and I'll take it.

Ok it works for you.

@High Exposure you know me well enough to know I'm a dinosaur in many respects. Still using the Bianchi dump pouch bought in 1974. It worked for me all these years. Why fix it if it aint broke?

You should always carry at least one reload for whatever you're carrying. Magazines in a belt pouch that covers the top of your mag worn on your weak side. Revolver ammo in speedloader, dump pouch with speedstrip, or 2x2 pouch on your strong side. I don't care for mag holders like these. Nothing preventing crap from entering the magazine. Limited protection for the lips of the magazine.

A few years ago, the bag containing my pistol was sent to Charlotte rather than Philly. Whilst it got to Philly the next day they couldn't deliver it because it contained a firearm. I has to go to Philly to pick it up.

My error. 1998 to 2005. Also should have said almost 40 years. Shot my first Glock in 1986.

Used to listen to The Shadow...on the radio!!!

I oversaw a couple of hundred Glocks from 1978 to 2005. We're talking agents shooting about 1000 rds a year plus so we're talking over a million rounds. Malfunctions, other than limp writing, those were gone early in our transition, could be counted on my fingers and toes. They were always the result of magazines. But what do I know. I've only been shooting Glocks for over 40 years.